I am married to the most wonderful man who I've known more years than I have not! We recently celebrated our 41 years of marriage.Our oldest son is our business partner. We farm in Mexico, growing papaya, honeydew and person-size watermelon. We travel back and forth to Mexico to take care of our business. This son is married and has two children. He lives in Mexico to oversee the business.Our middle son works for Clinical Pathology Lab. His wife is a doctor and recently opened her cosmetic dermatology clinic in Houston.Our youngest son is a realtor in McAllen, Texas, near where we live. He loves his work and his business is steadily growing.We lived in Mexico for three years to get our farming operation going. It was an exciting time for us!My hobbies are genealogy, home decorating and cooking. I love blogging!I am so very blessed to have a loving family... not only the family my husband and I created, but also my family of friends.Fall and winter months are when I enjoy blogging the most. Seasons change and I love keeping up with the change in my home.I have had some amazing experiences with my faith in Christ and I truly feel that God is always with me. I try to live my life the way God would have me live it.

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Friday, February 3, 2012

In Mexico this holiday is celebrated as Día de la Candelaria, known as Candlemas in English, because candles were brought to the church to be blessed. ﻿

Día de la Candelaria is a follow-up to the festivities of Kings Day on January 6th, when families and friends break bread together, specifically Rosca de Reyes, a special sweet bread with plastic figures of the baby Jesus hidden inside. The person (or people) who received the figurines on Kings Day (January 6th) are supposed to host a party on Candlemas Day. Tamales are the food of choice.

This is particularly a special time for the family of our daughter-in-law, Marcela.

9 comments:

What an exqusite dress and what a beautiful celebration. When my husband was in the Air Force in Albuquerque we became friends with some very special people from Mexico and they became our "Parents" away from home. We were able to attend a lot of their celebrations like you have described. What an awsome culture.Ann

What a beautiful Virgin, the Candelaria. How are you pretty lady, how is your pretty quinceañera? She must be sweet 16 by now, lol. Mexican culture is so rich, as almost all Latin America as the Spaniards have such rich culture in every sense and than each country adds it's own ethnicity and voila! Thanks for sharing. Happy weekend and happy Valentines.FABBY

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